Potato-paker



U TE STATE ATET FFICE.

WILLIAM B. COATES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

POTATO-PARER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,254, dated November 29, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM B. CoA'rEs, of the city of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Knife for Paringand Slicing Potatoes, other Vegetables, and Fruits; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

Hy invention consists in submitting to the action of a steel blade,ground at on the underside, and a combined lateral and part circularlymoving guard, secured to a removable gaging ferrule, sliding on another,by means of serrations, potatoes and other vegetables, and fruit for thepurpose of evenly paring them and preventing` waste by thick paring, theparing passing out between the edge of the blade and guard, the latterbeing forward of the former. The rounded top of blade is for removingeyes from potatoes and specks from fruit. An important feature of theguard is, that it prevents the thumb being cut.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the drawing which forms a part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of the knife when completed. Fig. 2 is ap-erspective of handle ferrule. Fig. 3 1s a perspective of guardferrule. Fig. 4 is a perspective of handle B is the handle-ferrule, ofany desired size, drawn out of hollow metal tubing, with serrations Ecut on the outside, at the same operation. The serrations constitute apermanent measuring gage. This ferrule is secured on neck of handle A,at H, by a screw or pin. The serrations on B should be shallow andsmoothly done, though the thickness of the ferrule is greater than theguardferrule C. The handle-ferrule B should fit down close to theshoulder I on handle A.

C is the guard-ferrule constructed on the inside F precisely like B ison the outside at E, that it may fit neatly on B and be easily removedat pleasure. The guard D is soldered on to the outside of C at the side.The top of the guard should be shorter than the blade G and forward ofthe edge of the blade its entire lenoth.

G is the blade driven more or less'into the neck of the handle. Itshould be ground from the back toward the edge, leaving the lower partflat. The top is round pointed. Three sizes of knives can bemanufactured, and also left handed ones.

After paring fruit the guardferrule C can be removed and the separateblade used for coring and quartering when desired.l

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentare,

The handle A, ferrules B, and C, guard D, and blade G, the whole beingarranged and constructed substantially in the manner and for thepurposes herein set forth.

lVitnesses WM. K. SADLER 7 CALEB CoATEs,

